While you've likely heard of common cat coat types such as tabby and calico, you may not have heard of the torbie. Here's ...

Women possess two X chromosomes, one of which is usually "silent." This latter chromosome, long considered inactive in women, ...

Females, on average, live nearly five years longer than males. They also tend to experience age-related cognitive decline at ...

It's commonly thought that sperm "race" to the egg, with the winner fertilizing it. But is this really the case?

Genghis Khan wasn’t just the founder of the Mongol Empire—he may have left behind one of the biggest genetic legacies in ...

Mammalian genomes are organized by multi-level folding, yet how this organization contributes to cell type-specific transcription remain unclear. We uncovered that the nuclear protein SATB1 ...

In truth, biological sex, like a lot of scientific categories, is nuanced. It's defined by multiple criteria – including ...

DNA is a mosaic of genetic fragments passed down through generations, but its clarity diminishes over time. While modern testing can trace ancestry through shared markers, the depth of this insight ...

Silicon Valley has been captivated by the prospect of AI, not only as a productivity enhancer but also as a catalyst for creating successful companies with much leaner teams than in the past.

Polyphosphate (polyP) exists in all life forms; however, its biological functions in metazoans are understudied. Here, we explored Drosophila as the first genetic model to explore polyP biology in ...

Twist Express Genes Twist Express Genes are 0.3kb to 5.0kb in length. Due to the scale of synthesis enabled by Twist's platform, any order volume can be fulfilled, from small to large. As with ...